Gutter for buildings



(No Model.)

J. GRAY.

GUTTER FOR BUILDINGS.

No. 345,894. Patentd July 20, 1886.

INVENTOR vi/f BY aMM w ATTORNEYS WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH GRAY, OF AMELIA, OHIO.

GUTTER FOR BUILDINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 345,894, dated July 20, 1886. 7 Application filed January 25, 1886. Serial No. 189.689. (No model.)

tionary cap which overlaps the edges of the' gutter.

The invention also consists of various parts and details and combinations of the same, as

will be fully described and set forth hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a crosssectional elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal'sec tional elevation on the line {D m, Fig. 1, looking outward. Fig. 3 is aplan view of my improved gutter. I

. My improved gutter A consists of an inclined bottom, B, from which extend upward the four slanting sides B, B, B, and B. The sides B, B, and B each terminate in a flange, B

The gutter A is placed in a suitable box or lining, C, secured to the caves D of the building E. The flanges B of the gutter rest on the top edges, 0, of the box or lining O, and the slanting side B rests against the roof part G of the box or lining O. A metal cap, F, is attached permanentlyto the. slanting top edge, 0, of the box 0, and covers the flanges B and part of the slanting sides B B, and B of the gutter A in such a manner that it allows of endwise and sidewise movement of the said gutter.

The last row of shingles, G, or other material with which the roof is covered, overlaps the slanting side B of the gutter A a convenient distance, the said shingle being attached to the roof part 0 of the box or lining O by having a stripof building-paper, II, placed between the shingle and the roof part 0 so that the lower part of the shingle G does not touch the slanting side B, thereby allowing a free movement of the gutter A.

The gutter A is provided atitslowest point with an outlet-pipe, A, which connects with a leader, I, of usual construction. pipe A passes through an oblong aperture, D, in the eaves,whieh aperture D is covered on the bottom by a plate, A attached to the outlet-pipe A.

In case ofan overflow of the gutter the water is carried clear of the building by the slanting stationary cap F overlapping the slanting sides of the gutter A.

It will be seen that as the gutter is suspended freely in the eaves D a sidewise movement in the direction of the arrows a and I), caused by the action of the heat or cold expanding or contracting the metal, is provided for, thus preventing the breaking of the joints of the gutter.

Having thus described my invention, whatl claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The gutter A,'suspended in a suitable box or lining attached to the etves D, in co1nbination with the stationary metal cap F, sub

in shown and described.

JOSEPH GRAY. Witnesses:

J. H. HOPKINS,

LoUIs HICKS.

The outlet- 

